Catawiki B. V.: Old and Rare Books Auction (pre-1700), 91725b, LA Assen,

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 17, 2025 - September 17, 2025

Page Size: 39 items in 2 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
88833839	Pierre de Saint-Julien de Balleure	Melanges historique et recueils de diverses matieres	1589	EUR 200.00 - 240.00	Not Sold
96730746	Theophile de Viau	Les oeuvres de Theophile divisees en trois parties	1677	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
96818966	Jean Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin	Clovis ou la France chrestienne	1666	EUR 220.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
96819731	Blaise Pascal	Les provinciales ou lettres ecrites par Louis de Montalte a un provincial de ses amis	1698	EUR 130.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
96855806	Florent Carton dit Dancourt	Les Oeuvres de monsieur d'Ancourt	1696	EUR 180.00 - 210.00	Not Sold
96927342	Dominique Bouhours	La maniere de bien penser dans les ouvrages d'esprit	1688	EUR 150.00 - 220.00	Not Sold
96928020	Jean de La Bruyere	Les caracteres de Theophraste avec les Caracteres ou les moeurs de ce siecle	1692	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
97203988	Pascal Blaise	Les Provinciales, ou Lettres ecrites par Louis de Montalte,a un Provincial de ses Amis.../Les Provinciales, ou Lettres ecrites par Louis de Montalte, a un Provincial de ses Amis...	1688/1697	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
97394603	Samuel Chappuzeau	L'Europe vivante ou relation nouvelle historique & politique de tous ses Estats	1667	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
97394640	Nicolas De Blegny	L'Art de guerir les Maladies Veneriennes	1696	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
97394647	Cardinal de Retz	La Conjuration du Comte Jean-Louis de Fiesque	1665	EUR 200.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
97418888	Abraham de Wicquefort	Memoires touchant les ambassadeurs et les ministres publics	1677	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
97419229	Moliere	L'Escole des Maris / Les Fascheux / L'Escole des Femmes / La Critique / La Princesse d'Elide	1697	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
97465411	Edmond Ludlow	LES MEMOIRES D'EDMOND LUDLOW	1699	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
97526825	Moliere	Les Fourberies de Scapin / Psyche / Les Femmes scavantes	1697	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
97527054	M. De La Volpiliere	Sermons sur les veritez chretiennes et morales	1698	EUR 150.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
97542971	Michel de MONTAIGNE	Les essais de Michel de Montaigne.	1669	EUR 220.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
97556481	[Marguerite de Lorraine]	Histoire des amours de Henry IV. Avec diverses lettres escrites a ses maistresses. [Reliure signee	1664	EUR 200.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
97556646	Jean Sarasin et Jacques Lect - RARISSIME	LE CITADIN DE GENEVE OU REPONSE AU CAVALIER DE SAVOYE	1606	EUR 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
97559124	Vallemont	Description de l'aimant, qui s'est forme a la pointe du clocher	1692	EUR 250.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
97587508	Pierre Charron	DE LA SAGESSE	1618	EUR 220.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
97588567	D. Guillaume Tirel, Taillevent	L'ecole parfaite des officiers de bouche	1680	EUR 700.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
97591932	Paul Scarron	LE ROMANT COMIQUE	1677	EUR 200.00 - 350.00	Not Sold
97596628	Jean Huarte	L'Examen des esprits pour les sciences. Ou sont monstrees les differences d'Esprits...	1668	EUR 275.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
97602918	Claude Fauchet	Origines des dignites et magistrats de France. Origines des chevaliers, armoiries et heraux.	1600	EUR 350.00 - 500.00	Not Sold

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Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.

Swann
Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
December 9, 2025

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.

Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.